Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Is it all, or nothing at all?

Don’t deny it, I know these
lyrics are coming back to you, oh-so clearly. If you’re pretending not to
remember, then yes.. I’m talking about O-Town.

I happened to stumble upon an episode of Making the Band on YouTube. So what did I decide to do? I revisited my childhood
crushes and watched all three seasons. I was reminded about times when Ashley Angel’s blond highlights and cute looks were the only things that mattered in life.

Well guess what? O-Town is
working on a come-back but guess who thinks they’re too good and way passed
their boy-band days? Ashley Angel! Or Ashley Parker Angel, which is what he wants to be called these days.

Why would he want nothing to do with the band
now? Well… he’s a really serious actor now trying to win Oscars for movies like
Wild Things: Foursome, a straight to
DVD film that almost is as dirty as it sounds.

That’s alright, O-Town doesn’t need him anyway! We all know that Erik-Michael Estrada is the better option to drool upon.

So let’s just assume that you
actually don’t know who O-Town is. They were an American boy-band who were
popular during the years 2000 – 2003, up until the boy-band phase started to
fade away. They were formed through a reality TV series called Making the Band and managed through Lou Pearlman. This was the man responsible for many other boy-bands including
Backstreet Boys, NYSNC and LFO.

Apparently, O-Town is in the
works of producing new music and have been trying to convince Ashley for the
past year. Ashley Parker Angel told
TMZ:

"O-Town
was one of the greatest chapters of my life, so when the idea of a reunion was
brought to me, of course I was intrigued. However, I have made the decision not
to be a part of an O-Town reunion. It was a difficult decision, but ultimately
necessary to move on with the next chapter of my career."

If he wants to continue moving on with the next
chapter of his career, so be it. The remaining members of O-Town have been
teasing me with Tweets and Instagram pictures and have completely tickled my
inner-childhood boy-band craving.

A little flashback to the
past: Liquid Dreams, remember this song?

Have you ever listened
closely to the lyrics?

I dream about a girl
who's a mix of Destiny's Child

Just a little touch of
Madonna's wild style

With Janet Jackson's
smile, rolled in a body like Jennifer

You got
the star of my liquid dreams

Yeah,
how did they ever get away with singing these songs to 8 year-old girls?

2 comments:

Haha Kendra!! This post brought back so many memories. I honestly can't believe they're doing a reunion. This is the best news I've heard in a while. Dan was always my favourite. And I couldn't agree more - HOW did they get away with the Liquid Dreams lyrics? I was literally in grade four, singing along, having zero clue what I was saying.

This made me think... Do you remember the band, The Moffatts? They were a Canadian pop band back in the 90s, and were famous for songs like I'll Be There For You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrRVTV8MarA), Misery (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4938OVbjgk), and Bang Bang Boom (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwvGvYQRR-Q)...